provoker

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noun

A person who provokes.

“Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) provocateur, provocant, provocator; (other) troublemaker, agitator, inciter, gadfly, button pusher, goader, iconoclast, shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger”

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Meanings

nounprovoker (plural provokers)

plural provokers

  1. A person who provokes.

    Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) provocateur, provocant, provocator; (other) troublemaker, agitator, inciter, gadfly, button pusher, goader, iconoclast, shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger

    Synonyms: provocateur, provocant, provocator, troublemaker, agitator, inciter, gadfly, button pusher

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who provokes.

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provocateurprovocantprovocatortroublemakeragitatorincitergadflybutton pushergoadericonoclastshit-stirrershit disturbershitmonger

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who deliberately foments trouble

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instigatorinciterinstigantfirebrand
Broader
troublemakertrouble makertroubler
Also see
button pusherfirebrandinciterinstigantinstigatorprovocateur

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishprovoker
  2. Englishprovoker

From Middle English provoker, equivalent to provoke + -er.

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APA

provoker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/provoker

MLA

“provoker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/provoker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “provoker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/provoker.

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